A Portrait Of Europe 1300-1600: Authority And Challenge
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Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A Portrait of Europe 1300-1600: Authority and Challenge is a richly detailed historical survey covering three pivotal centuries of European civilisation, from the waning Middle Ages through the dawn of the early modern era. The work chronicles the great tensions between ecclesiastical and secular power, mapping how authority was both wielded and contested across kingdoms, city-states, and the Church. It presents the intellectual and cultural upheavals of the Renaissance alongside the spiritual crises that would culminate in the Reformation, illustrating how art, politics, and religion became inextricably entwined. Drawing on a broad range of historical evidence, the volume details the social transformations that reshaped European identity — from the Black Death and the Hundred Years' War to the voyages of exploration that redrew the known world. Written with academic authority yet accessible in tone, it stands as an illuminating portrait of a continent perpetually caught between tradition and revolution.
Author: Donald Price, Mary R. (Mary Roper). Lindsay
Format: Paperback
Published: 1975, Oxford University Press
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A Portrait of Europe 1300-1600: Authority and Challenge is a richly detailed historical survey covering three pivotal centuries of European civilisation, from the waning Middle Ages through the dawn of the early modern era. The work chronicles the great tensions between ecclesiastical and secular power, mapping how authority was both wielded and contested across kingdoms, city-states, and the Church. It presents the intellectual and cultural upheavals of the Renaissance alongside the spiritual crises that would culminate in the Reformation, illustrating how art, politics, and religion became inextricably entwined. Drawing on a broad range of historical evidence, the volume details the social transformations that reshaped European identity — from the Black Death and the Hundred Years' War to the voyages of exploration that redrew the known world. Written with academic authority yet accessible in tone, it stands as an illuminating portrait of a continent perpetually caught between tradition and revolution.